verbalism

2. an exaggerated emphasis on the importance of words by the uncritical acceptance of assertions in place of explanations, the use of rhetorical style, etc

3. a statement lacking real content, esp a cliché

ver•bal•ism

(ˈvɜr bəˌlɪz əm)

n.

1. a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.

2. a phrase or sentence having little or no meaning.

3. a use of words considered as obscuring ideas or facts; verbiage.

[1780–90]

verbalism

1. a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.2. the way in which something is worded.3. a phrase or sentence devoid or almost devoid of meaning.4. a use of words regarded as obscuring ideas or reality; verbiage.

verbalism - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"

I will not weary you with the verbalism, since you will be able to check it; the substance of my proclamation is this: I announce first that I have captured the English millionaire, the colossus of finance, Mr Samuel Harrogate.

This idea of female silence links to the backlash against feminist verbalism which is adequately summed up in Bruno Bettelheim's chauvinistic assumption that "While many fairy tales stress great deeds the heroes must perform to become themselves, Sleeping Beauty emphasizes the long, quiet concentration on oneself that is also needed [.

This book sets out to introduce key ideas and concepts, examining meaning not in an Aristotelian sense (or in the many theories of meaning following from Aristotle) couched in abstract verbalism and referents.

It was, in all" claims Agyeman "a spirited performance that left the objective of a Union Government bleeding to death on the floor of the Cairo conference hall, speared, as it were, by Nyerere's flashing verbalism.

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